XXIV Old Buildings Lecture
The XXIV Old Buildings Lecture is an annual address delivered by a guest of the Cambridge Private Law Centre, and the event is sponsored by XXIV Old Buildings.
XXIV Old Buildings is a leading legal chambers specialising in a wide range of practice areas across the Commercial and Chancery Bar. Barristers at XXIV Old Buildings have formidable strength in trusts & estate disputes, commercial litigation, civil fraud & asset recovery, aviation litigation and financial services disputes and related adjacent areas ranging from crypto to art and cultural property disputes. Renowned for its expertise in international and offshore work, its members have been instructed regularly in disputes across global jurisdictions such as the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Channel Islands and Dubai.
2026: 'New Housing, Old Rules: Can Land Law Keep up?' - Professor Susan Bright (University of Oxford)
The 2026 XXIV Old Buildings Lecture entitled "New Housing, Old Rules: Can Land Law Keep up?" was delivered by Professor Susan Bright on 6 March 2026.
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2025: 'Equitable Ownership' - The Rt. Hon. Lord Briggs of Westbourne
The 2025 XXIV Old Buildings Lecture entitled "Equitable Ownership" was delivered by The Rt. Hon. Lord Briggs of Westbourne on 28 February 2025.
Michael Townley Featherstone Briggs, Lord Briggs of Westbourne became a Justice of the Supreme Court in October 2017.
Lord Briggs grew up around Portsmouth and Plymouth, following his naval officer father between ships, before spending his later childhood in West Sussex. He attended Charterhouse and Magdalen College, Oxford. A keen sailor and the first lawyer in his family, he practised in commercial and chancery work before being appointed to the High Court in 2006. He was the judge in charge of the extensive Lehman insolvency litigation from 2009 to 2013.
Lord Briggs was appointed as a Lord Justice of Appeal in 2013. He was the judge in charge of the Chancery Modernisation Review in 2013, and led the Civil Courts Structure Review in 2015 to 2016. In January 2016 he was appointed Deputy Head of Civil Justice.
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